Masayuki Takayama exposes how readers of the Asahi Shimbun came to substitute their own thinking with that of a newspaper. Those without discernment understand nothing, continuing to rely on media narratives as a surrogate intellect.

2016-04-10

The following is taken from 35 Exhilarating Chapters to Awaken the Japanese by Masayuki Takayama, the one and only genuine journalist in the postwar world.
Although these columns were written around 2007, this chapter clearly shows how readers of the Asahi Shimbun came to be conditioned.
All former Asahi readers, myself included, cannot help but reflect deeply.
Those with true discernment will feel a chill and, at the same time, anger.
Those without the ability to see truth may understand nothing and, like Furuta and certain famous actresses, may still be using this newspaper as their own brain.
A remark made in a lecture by Sota Kimura, one of the so-called scholars aligned with the Asahi Shimbun, was quietly printed in today’s paper.
His opinion regarding the LDP’s proposal on family policy sounded exactly like the words of a child raised on the Asahi’s Tensei Jingo.
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